Package for razor blades



Nov. 14, 1933. R w COOK 1,935,311 I PACKAGE Fon RAZOR BLADES Filed Aug. 4, 1932 Patented Nov.`14, 1933l n UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE 12 Claims.

In packaging razor blades according to the prevalent practice, each blade is wrapped in a folder of oiled or other moisture-repellent paper,l

and thus wrapped is encased in an envelope. A plurality of the blades thus treated, usually multiples of flve or ten of the blades, is sealed up in a cardboard box to produce the completed sales package. l

In preparing a blade so Wrapped for use in a blade holder, it is necessary totake the encased blade from its cardboard box, remove envelope, and finally strip from it the paper wrapper referred to. Obviously, these operations are more or less tedious, particularly when one is in a hurry, and the envelope and Wrapper referred to must be disposed of in some manner,A

which often constitutes something of a nuisance. Moreover, in removing the wrapper the cutting edges of the blade are apt to be dulled by the sliding of the wrapper over them. n i

Furthermore, no provision is made in razor blade packages of the kind referredto, for disposal of used blades, and although insome washrooms and bathrooms, such as those in sleepingcars, hotels andA clubs, wall slots and similar means are provided for disposal of used blades, the bathrooms of private homes or residences are seldom provided with any such means, and

the disposalof used blades constitutes quite a problem.

The present invention relates to a package for razor blades in which the blades may be packed without the use of the customary oiled or other paper wrappers and envelopes, and in which- -means are provided for disposal of the used blades.

The invention consists in a package for razor blades, particularly safety razor blades of the now familiar double-edged type provided with offstanding portions at their ends; this package comprising a box having a bottom, a cover, and

a side wall forming the sides and ends of the box, the box being provided at one end adjacent to its bottom with an aperture preferably in the form of a relatively narrow slot of sufficient exteni; to permit the passage through it of a blade, and through which the used blades `may be successively inserted into the box beneath a stack `of unused or new blades contained therein. 4The box is so designed, moreover, that its sides are spaced apart at a distance greater than the breadth of a lrazor blade between its cutting edges, and the ends of the box are provided with offsets to receive the offstanding portionsl of the blade ends to so position thev blades within the box that their cutting edges do not contact with the box sides and are therefore guarded against injury. Moreover, the bottomof the box carries means whereby when a used blade is inserted in the box it cannot escape therefrom through the it from its (Cl. 20G-16) slot. And the invention consists further in the provision of a separator or follower member of a particular form and having particular characteristics, inserted in such position in the box as to separate the unused from the used blades, all as will be explained hereinafter more fully and finally claimed.

In the accompanying ,drawing illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, f

Fig. 1 is a top perspective view of the package of the invention, looking at the end in which the slot is provided; Fig.2 is a view similar to Fig. cover of the box opened; r y

Fig. 3 is a bottom perspective view of the package showing a used blade being inserted thereinto through the slot;

Fig: 4 is a plan view of vthe package with the cover raised;

a longitudinal section of the package 1 but with the Q taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4 and showing the cover opened and a blade being removed;

' rig.4 6 is a section similar to Fig'. 5 but with,

the cover closed, a used blade being inserted through the slot, and illustrating the manner in which the unused or new blades are displaced upwardly by the used'blades as the latter are successively inserted through the slot;

Fig. 'I is a plan view of the box with the cover opened and showing two positions of' a blade as it is inserted through the slot; and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view on a small scale of the box with the cover open and showing the box provided with blade-retaining guards.-

As hereinbefore indicated. the package cornprises a box having a bottom 1, a cover 2, and a side wall preferably integral with the bottom and upstanding therefrom to provide the sides 3 and ends '4 of the box.

The cover 2 is preferably suitably hinged, as indicated at 5, to one side of the box and is provided with a spring or snap catch 6 for engagement with an offstanding lug 7 formed upon the opposite side of the box.

The lbottom 1 of the box is provided with a plurality of inwardly projecting lugs 8 arranged in pairs transversely ofthe box and upon these lugs,'when the package is a fresh package, bears a separator lor follower member 9 composed of fiber board,lcardboard` or other relatively absorbent material of such contour as to closely fit the sides and ends of the box, and upon this member 9'rests the stack of blades 10. The blades are not provided with any envelopes or other wrappers but are preferably treated with some moisture-repellent or rust-preventing substance, such as petrolatum or othersimilar coating material.

4with the sides of the box.

2 'asseoir The blades. as shown, are oi a more or less lather or are-otherwise moist willbe inserted into familiar or conventional type having two cutthe bomandinorder to guard against contaminating edges 1l, longitudinal openings or slots 12 tion or rusting of the new or unused blades due and 13 and ostanding end portions 14. v to, the moisture thusintroduced into the box the As will be apparent from an inspection parseparator or follower member 9 is'preferably perticularly of Figs. 2 andl 4, the ends 4 of the vbox meated or otherwise appropriately treated with are provided with offsets 15 of such shape as some moisture-repellent substance, and, due to l `to relatively closely confine the oflstanding end such treatment and to the close contact of Vits portions 14 of the blades and thus hold the blades edge's with the sides and ends of the box, the in such position within the box that theirI cutmoisture cannot pass above it and injure the new ting edges 11 cannot become dulled by contact or unused blades. Moreover, in a new package.

the separator or follower member 9 will prevent moisture which might enter the box through the slot 16 from reaching the blades.

In order to facilitate the removal of the new unused blades from the box, the offset portions of the ends thereof may be provided at their top'edges with slight recesses 15'; and in order that the insertion of the used blades may in the box. v be facilitated, the bottom 1 of the box may bev 95 By packaging the blades in the manner thus recessed adjacent to the slot or aperture 16 there.- far described, it will be seen that by opening the in as indicated at 16?.l cover and depressing one nd of the stack of To prevent the blades from falling from the blades, the lugs 8 adjacent tothe end depressed box, in case the box should be upset when the will act inicomblnation as a fulcrum to raise the cover is open or in case the box should be dropped other end of the stack of blades so that a blade and the cover spring open, the upper edges of It will be seen that the combined thickness of the separator or follower member 9 andthe stack of blades 10 is such as to completely fill the box, and thus when a blade is removed from or the top of the stack suillcient room is left for insertion below the separator or follower member vof a used blade without crowding the blades may be slid off of the stack over the end of the the sides of the box may be formed with inwith a slot ends of the box and cannot escape therefrom box ready for use without the necessity of rewardly-extending guards 17, as shown in Fig. moving therefrom the troublesome protecting 8 of the drawing.

coverings now commonly employed. After a It will thus be seen that this invention problade hasbeen thus removed from the package vides a package for razor blades which furnishes the cover is preferably closed.' complete protection not only against rusting and The blade which had previously been in use damage to the edges of the blades but which must now be disposed of in some manner; makesunnecessary the wrapping of the blades With this in view, one end of the box is provided now commonly practiced. Moreover, the package 16 of relatively narrow form but of provides for easy removal of new blades, and a suillcient extent to make easy the insertion of ready means for disposal of the used blades as the a blade therethrough: The used blade may, new blades are removed therefrom. Also, when therefore, be inserted through this slotAY-andfall ofthe blades have been'used and replaced in into the box .beneath the separator or follower the bOX, the WhOle package may be tlirOWn away, member 9, and coming in'contact with the nearif desired, WithOut the 110W Present danger t0 P61- est pair of lugs 8 will, due to the cam-like form sons who must handle the trash `or rubbish in of these lugs, be-guided into easy sliding engage- Which the-discarded blades may be included. ment with the under face of the follower member Various changes .and modifications are con- 9, or, ifother used blades have already been insidered to be within the spirit of the invention serted into the b ox, into engagement with such and the scope of the following claims. blades, as illustrated in Fig. 6. y V I claim: g

' As will be seen-,by referenceto Fig. '1, the cor- 1. A package for safety razor blades, comprisners of the box and the bends joining .the offsets ing a box having a bottom, a cover, and a side 15 to the ends of the box are made with such wall, said side wall providing sides and endsfor 125 curvatures asto effectively guide a blade inserted l the box, said box adapted to receive a plurality through the slot into such position-'that its oiof. blades in stacked relation, one end of said standing end portions 14 will engage with the oilbox provided with an aperture through which sets 15 of the box. Thus, even though the bladev used blades may be inserted into the box ad-4 is inserted through the slot'out of alignmentwith jacent to its bottom, .and means provided in the the longitudinal axis of the box, as illustrated bottom of the box for supporting the used blades in full lines in Fig. 7, this curved formation of in such position relatively thereto that they canthe'box ends will guide it to its proper position not escape through said aperture after insertion in the box, as shown in broken lines in Fig. '1. into the box.

Obviously,oncela blade has been fully inserted 2. A package for safety -razor blades, cominto the box, the lugs a will so position it relaprisins a box having a bottom, a covenand a side tively to the bottom 1 thereof and to the slot 16 wall, Said Side Wll Pl'Oviding Sides and ends fOr that it will abut at both of its ends against the the box, said box adapted to receive a plurality of blades in stacked relation, one end of said box provided with an aperture through which 114.? used blades may be inserted into the box adjacent to its bottom, and means provided in the bottom of the box and extending into the box above the surface of said bottom to a vheight used blades are supported, and the unused blades greater than the height of said aperture, said T45 will thus be 'given a step-bystep or progressive means adapted to support the used blades in such upward movement which will bring them sucposition relatively to said aperture that they cancessively into position for easy removal from the not escape therethrough after they have been box 'v fully inserted into the box.

through the slot.v

Thus, as new blades are removed from the top of the stack of blades 10, used blades may be inserted through the slot beneath the separator or follower member 9 upon which the new or un- Insomecaseausedbladeswhichstillbear 3. A package for safety razor blades, comprising a box having a bottom, a cover capable of being opened to give access to the interior of the box, and a side wall, said side wall providing sides and ends for the box, said box adapted to receive a plurality of blades in stacked relation, one end of said box provided with an aperture through which used blades may be inserted into the box adjacent to its bottom, and means provided in the bottom of the box for supporting the used blades in such position relatively thereto that they cannot escape through said aperture after insertion into the box, said means serving as a fulcrum upon which the sta'cked blades may be tilted to raise an end of the topmost blade above the side wall and permit such blade to be pushed out of the box.

4. A package for safety razor blades, comprising a box having a bottom, a cover, and a side wall, said side wall providing sides and ends tor the box, said box adapted to receive a plurality of blades in stacked relation, one end of said box provided with a slot adjacent to the box bottom and through which used blades may be inserted into the box, a plurality of lugs provided in the bottom of said box and projecting into the box 'to a height greater than the slot opening, said lugs adapted to support the used blades inserted into the box in such position that they cannot escape through said slot, and a separator member arranged at the bottom of the stack of unused blades and adapted to separate the unused blades from the used blades.

5. A package for safety razor blades, comprising a box having a bottom, a cover, and a side wall, said side wall providing sides and ends for the box, said box adapted to receive a plurality of blades in stacked relation, one end of said box provided with a slot adjacent to the box bottom and through which used blades may be inserted into the box, a plurality of lugs provided in the bottom of said box and integral therewith and projecting into the box to a height greater than the slot'opening, said lugs adapted to support the used blades inserted into the box in such position that they cannot escape through said slot, and a separator member arranged at the bottom of the stack of unused blades and adapted to separate the unused blades from the used blades.

6. A package for safety razor blades, comprising a box having a bottom, a cover, and a side wall, said side Wall providing lsides and ends for the box, said box adapted to receive a plurality of blades in stacked relation, one end of said box provided with a slot adjacent to the boit bottom and through which used blades may beinserted I into the box, a plurality of lugs provided in the bottom of said box and projecting into the box to a height greater than the slot opening, said lugs adapted to support the used blades inserted into the box in such position that they vcannot escape through said slot and so formed as to provide cam surfaces upon which the blades thus inserted maybe guided to appropriate position within the box, and a separator member arranged at the bottom of the stack of unused blades and adapted to separate the unused blades from the used blades.

7. A package for safety razor blades of the double-edged .type provided at their ends with offstanding portions, said package comprising a box adapted to receive a plurality of blades in through which used blades may be inserted into the box, the portions of the box ends adjacent i to said offsets being curved in contourand merging into the offsets and into the sides of the box,

`whereby a blade inserted through said aperture will have its offstanding end portions so guided as to register with the offsets of the box ends.

8. A package for safety razor blades, comprising a box adapted to'receive a plurality of blades in stacked relation, means whereby used blades may be inserted Within the box adjacent to the stacked blades therein, and a separator member fitting closely within the box and contacting with the sides and ends thereof and so positioned as to separate the used blades from the unused blades, said separator member due to its contact with the sidesand ends of the box preventing possible transmission of' moisture around its edges from the used blades to the unused blades.

9. A package for safety razor blades, comprising Va box adapted to receive a plurality of blades in stacked relation, means whereby used blades may be inserted within the box adjacent to the stacked blades therein, and a separator member fitting closely within the box and contacting with the sides and ends thereof and so positioned as to separate the used blades from the unused blades, said separator member treated with a moisture-repellent material and due to its contact with the sidesand ends of the box preventing possible transmission of moisture around its edges from the used blades to the unused blades.

l0. A package for safetyrazor blades, comprising a box having a bottom, a cover, and a side wall, said side wall providing sides and ends for the box, said slides of the box formed with inwardly-projecting guards, said box adapted to receive a plurality of blades in stacked relation, one end of said box provided with an aperture through which used blades may be inserted into the box adjacent to its bottom, and means providedin the bottom of the box for supporting the used blades in such position relatively thereto that they cannot escape through said aperture after insertion into the box.

1l. A package for safety razor blades, comprising a box having a bottom, a cover, and a side wall, said side Wall providing sides and ends for the box, said box adapted to receive a plurality of blades in stacked relation, said cover capable ing a box having a bottom, a cover, and a side wall, said side wall providing sides and ends for the box, said box adapted to receive a plurality of blades in stacked relation, said cover capable of being opened to afford access to said blades for removal of same, and guard means carried by said side Wall and overlying the stacked blades to prevent accidental displacement or escape of same when the cover is raised.

RAYMOND W. COOK. 

